Solving Common Problems with Hosting CompaniesSolving Common Problems with Web Hosting Companies
by Robin Nobles
For those of you with Web sites, you probably know what a "host" is. It's a company that provides a location, or address, on the Internet where your Web site resides.
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Shared Web Hosting Plans
| # | Company | Country | Plan Name | Plan Type | Platform | Disk Space(MB) | Bandwidth | Monthly Fee | Setup Fee |
| 1 | #1 Colony | Canada | Starter Package | Shared | Unix or Linux | 50 MB | 2 GB | 5.99 | 9.95 |
| 2 | #1 Colony | Canada | Value Package | Shared | Unix or Linux | 200 MB | 5 GB | 9.99 | 14.95 |
| 3 | #1 Colony | Canada | Webmaster Package | Shared | Unix or Linux | 500 MB | 10 GB | 14.99 | 4.95 |
| 4 | #1 Hosting | U.S.A. | Custom | Shared | Windows | 30 MB | Unlimited | 30.00 | No Set Up Fee |
| 5 | 0 Setup Fees | U.S.A. | Starter | Shared | Unix or Linux | 50 MB | Unlimited | 9.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 6 | 0 Setup Fees | U.S.A. | Business | Shared | Unix or Linux | 250 MB | Unlimited | 14.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 7 | 0 Setup Fees | U.S.A. | Multiple Domain | Shared | Unix or Linux | 500 MB | Unlimited | 19.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 8 | 0 Setup Fees | U.S.A. | Reseller | Shared | Unix or Linux | 1000 MB | Unlimited | 29.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 9 | 0 Setup Fees | U.S.A. | Mm/Dev | Shared | Unix or Linux | 500 MB | 10 GB | 19.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 10 | 0 Setup Fees | U.S.A. | Miva Merchant | Shared | Unix or Linux | 500 MB | 8 GB | 44.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 11 | 0 Setup Fees | U.S.A. | Miva Mall | Shared | Unix or Linux | 500 MB | 8 GB | 49.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 12 | 007 SiteHosting | U.S.A. | New Business Account | Shared | Unix or Linux | 150 MB | Unlimited | 14.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 13 | 007 SiteHosting | U.S.A. | Starter Plan | Shared | Unix or Linux | 50 MB | Unlimited | 9.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 14 | 007 SiteHosting | U.S.A. | Multimedia | Shared | Unix or Linux | 350 MB | Unlimited | 19.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 15 | 007 SiteHosting | U.S.A. | Multiple Domain | Shared | Unix or Linux | 350 MB | Unlimited | 19.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 16 | 007 SiteHosting | U.S.A. | Turnkey Reseller | Shared | Unix or Linux | 500 MB | Unlimited | 29.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 17 | 007 SiteHosting | U.S.A. | Miva E-Commerce | Shared | Unix or Linux | 350 MB | 8 GB | 44.95 | No Set Up Fee |
| 18 | 01freewebhosting.com | U.S.A. | Free Web Hosting | Shared | Windows | 5 MB | Unlimited | 0.00 | No Set Up Fee |
| 19 | 1 Dollar Hosting | U.S.A. | $1 Hosting | Shared | Unix or Linux | 20 MB | Unlimited | 1.00 | No Set Up Fee |
| 20 | 1 Dollar Hosting | U.S.A. | $1 Web Hosting | Shared | Unix or Linux | 20 MB | Unlimited | 1.00 | No Set Up Fee |
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| Did You Know? |
Dont Get Fooled by the Web Hosting Wolves in Sheeps Clothing!Are you looking for web hosting? If you want to set up a personal website, or a modest commercial one, you are probably in the market for an inexpensive shared hosting plan. Those entry-level plans may cost $5-10 per month, and often boast very generous features for that modest prize. However, the strong competition often causes the companies to oversell, and then have difficulties living up to their promises. And how do you go about telling the good ones from the bad?
Maybe you go to one of the many web hosting review sites. Those places may offer extensive listings of various web hosting companies and their features; which is certainly helpful. But be aware of the fact that these review sites are out there to make money by referring new customers to the hosting companies! Therefore, they tend to praise those companies that pay them the best. I used to be naive about these things, trusting the review sites. That was until I began some serious research on the subject myself. Were they really so good, those much-praised web hosting companies? Soon, I was able to uncover large amounts of customer testimonials that told a different story. It became clear that several very large and well-known web hosting companies had surprising amounts of negative customer ratings against them. There were many angry customers that related stories about incompetent or non-existent customer support, billing disputes where the company kept charging ex-customers after they had cancelled their accounts; and more. One may say that any company with many customers is likely to have a few that are hard to please. But in these cases, there were scores of reviews, and the majority was negative! Since certain hosting companies are known to prosecute those who have criticized them in public, I will not mention any names here. In conclusion: I advice anyone looking for a reliable and honest web hosting provider to be very careful and not put too much trust in the web hosting ratings commonly found at hosting review sites and similar places. Also be aware that the customer feedback published by the web hosts themselves on their sites is of course filtered - and may even be faked. I am a researcher, an artist, and a web developer. On my website, www.TheHostingFinder.com, I have gathered some information on the good type of web hosts - the kind that has a majority of happy and satisfied customers. I hope this may be of some help to people looking for good web hosting.
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